"Yeah," she agrees, abashed. This is bad enough that it makes mere war seem like nothing in her mind. But it's easy to feel that way when it's not her planet. She'll never feel about Barrayar the way he does, even if she does like it. "From this."
It's impossible to believe that it'd be gone completely, but it seems like it could be--it really could. What other explanation is there? It existed in one place, she knows that from all the walkers she's killed and seen killed, but it isn't here.
"If we could bring them here," she says, doing her best to keep her voice even. Not too much hope, no expectation--she tries, at least. It's something she's daydreamed about since her arrival, but this is the first time it's seemed possible. "They'd help Barrayar. My sister knows how to farm--Rick used to be a cop, everyone could help with the war."
She's not sure why she's telling Byerly, who can't do anything about sending for people from completely alternate dimensions. But if there was a way...
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It's impossible to believe that it'd be gone completely, but it seems like it could be--it really could. What other explanation is there? It existed in one place, she knows that from all the walkers she's killed and seen killed, but it isn't here.
"If we could bring them here," she says, doing her best to keep her voice even. Not too much hope, no expectation--she tries, at least. It's something she's daydreamed about since her arrival, but this is the first time it's seemed possible. "They'd help Barrayar. My sister knows how to farm--Rick used to be a cop, everyone could help with the war."
She's not sure why she's telling Byerly, who can't do anything about sending for people from completely alternate dimensions. But if there was a way...